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[–] Nightwingdragon 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't care who ultimately gets credit for it. This would be an absolute game changer for millions of families.

[–] inclementimmigrant 25 points 1 day ago

I highly doubt Trump will actually follow though on this. Too many black people and brown people would benefit from this.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

It's a grift. A pinch on JP Morgan's nutsack that can be fixed with a generous campaign donation.

[–] AngryRobot 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jesus, how much outstanding balance does trump have on his credit cards???

[–] Nightwingdragon 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you think he paid off the e jean carroll lawsuit?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I would have assumed he just never paid any of it and eventually the courts said "Well fuck, we'd feel awful if we actually sent the repo man to the Whitehouse, let's just let him off the hook."

[–] SinningStromgald 16 points 1 day ago

Trump says many things and almost never does any of the even semi decent things he says.

[–] Darth_Cum 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not a chance in hell Trump caps it at 10%. Even if he says he wants to, it'll never make it through Congress.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

probably not. the very tail end of the article:

During Trump's first term in the White House, Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation that would have capped credit card interest rates at 15%.

Just nine Democrats in the House and one in the Senate co-sponsored the bill, which received zero Republican support.

[–] partial_accumen 15 points 1 day ago

it’ll never make it through Congress.

trump is just passing laws by Executive Order now and the GOP controlled Congress don't seem to have any problem with that.

[–] _stranger_ 5 points 1 day ago

He's just prompting musk's Nazi AI for what a president should do, isn't he?!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

lmao no way does he just have a silly amount stacked up in credit card debt?

[–] Proprietary_Blend -1 points 1 day ago